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There's nothing better mid run, when you're feeling sluggish, when a great song comes on the iPod. This time it was Billie Jean & anyone that knows me will know I do an awesome moonwalk. It was quite hard to contain myself as I'm running along not to break in to a dance (& I'm an awesome dancer!) The in laws are up for the weekend to help celebrate Lily's 4th birthday. The mother in Law has earnt her keep by raking up the leaves in the back garden (god bless her) The father in law is yet to contribute anything so I'm watching carefully. I've got to be nice though - he's a dab hand at DIY ;-)

13 miler done & dusted. It occurred to me last night as I was getting ready to hit the sack that I must have turned into an old man at some point! All my clothes were tucked in to keep me warm (except my jeans weren't tucked into my socks - but now I've thought of it I'll be trying that too!) The wife had surprised me with a visit to the cinema to see Anchorman 2 (comedy gold) & I'd inadvertently tucked everything in to keep warm whilst out & about late at night. When did I care about such things? Not only that, but when I observed some scantily clad young ladies, instead of thinking "cor blimey, they look attractive" I was thinking "cor blimey, I'd better give them my coat to keep warm" It's a sad day... Anyway, run was good today. Towards the end I saw a mum & her 2 kids out for a run which was really nice to see. The daughter must have been about 10 & had the right kind of running gear on, as did the mum. The son, who

You know when you're cold all day long, no matter what you do or where you are! That was me today. Even the 40min drive home in a warm car did nothing to alleviate the cold in my bones. Got in the house & that of course felt cold, and as I got changed for my run tonight, I looked outside & it was dark & freezing looking. To sum up, the picture below sums up my physiology & mood today

Aaagghhh! Every Sunday I forget to take tissues, and today was no exception. I'm 5 mins into it & I can feel things becoming fluid, if you know what I mean! It was frickin cold when I started out today & the nose reacted accordingly. With no tissues I had to improvise...back of the hand got the worst of it.....   Anyway, today was a 12 miler. For those that don't run, Sundays tend to be the day when runners do their "long" run. The idea is its the longest run they'll do all week but at a very slow pace, conversational in fact. I've struggled to nail the slow pace because....well, I don't know why actually. I just like running at a harder pace. A friend recently suggested that I run slow for the first half then run the 2nd half slightly faster, thus perfecting the negative split as well as giving me something to look forward to in the first half half. Worked a treat (thanks Jelly)   While I'm out running generally my mind wanders. The usu

Well as you can tell, keeping a diary isn't my strongest talent! Problem is, I read several fellow runners blogs which are excellent (I'm not going to name them - they're already too big headed!) and I'm not a natural talent at story telling. Much has occurred in the last 6 months for me, both running wise and home life! Running has been going well. No major physical problems anyway. On a personal front, our 3 year old (soon to be 4 - she keeps a daily countdown of how many sleeps before she becomes a big girl of 4!!) daughter Lily was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis (NF1). That kind of rocked me and the wife a little I won't lie. What it led to was a bit crazy. I was feeling a tad useless about the whole situation - so I asked The Neuro Foundation if I could run the London Marathon on their behalf, which unfortunately they agreed to. I only needed to raise £2000.... After much consulting with the wife and several staff at work on the feasibility of such a go